POWERCRACY: Gadget to help traffic police war on tinted windows

Motorists driving vehicles with tinted glasses may not get any benefit of the doubt now. The Delhi traffic police will soon be equipped with 50 luxometers that will enable them to measure the transparency level of tinted glasses on cars.

As per Rule 100(2) of Central Motor Vehicles Act, the windscreen and rear window of every vehicle should have visual transmission of light, not less than 70 per cent.

This creates a confusion as it is difficult to accurately state the transmission of light in tinted glasses.

The new gadget will help police measure the exact percentage of transparency in a tinted glass of a vehicle

The introduction of luxometer, a device that can measure the exact percentage of transparency in a tinted glass, would not only end the daily debate between the cops and motorists driving vehicles with tinted glasses, but also make sure that no violator goes scot-free.

The traffic police will also get, at least, eight radar guns to keep a check on speed violators, especially during the night time.

This wireless equipment would be installed at specific locations and connected to the nearest operating station.

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The procurement of these gadgets, though under consideration for long, has been hastened in the last two months in the wake of the brutal Delhi gang-rape of the paramedic.

Anil Shukla, additional commissioner for Delhi Traffic Police, believes the luxometers will reduce the use of tinted glasses in the city

The chartered bus on which she was gang-raped on the night of December 16 had tinted glasses. The incident, which triggered a nationwide outcry, pushed the city police to crackdown on traffic violators.

The traffic police has also launched a drive against chartered buses doing business illegally on Capital roads.

"These gadgets will help us work more effectively and make roads safer. They will also increase the confidence of the cops on duty and reassure the violators that everything is being done as per the law," said Anil Shukla, Additional Commissioner of Delhi Traffic Police.

Shukla has also directed his cops to inspect police colonies and other official premises to ensure that no officer from the department is using vehicles with tinted glasses without authorisation.

"Nobody is above law and anyone found guilty would be booked," he said, in response to reports suggesting that police officers also have tinted glasses in their personal vehicles.

The traffic police have also identified five circles in Delhi, where the traffic movement is heavy and needs extra policing round-the-clock.

In these five circles, which include Hauz Khas and Model Town, traffic cops would be working in double shifts.

"We have tried to bring down the non-policing hours by this policy. In the identified areas, two teams will work in two shifts and each team would be around for, at least, nine hours," Shukla informed.

This effort, the ACP, Traffic, said will not only make traffic management easy but also help to keep a tab on violators and suspicious movements on the road.

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POWERCRACY: Gadget boost for traffic police to crack down on tinted windows